Ryan P. Loewer

1st Judicial District

The Honorable Ryan P. Loewer served as a District Court Magistrate in the 1st JD for nine years, during which he presided over DR, JV, JD, PR, and MH cases. Before that he practiced criminal defense law for thirteen years as a Deputy State Public Defender. He is now a District Court Judge and presides over a mixed docket of DR, CV, and CR cases. As it relates to domestic relations law, Judge Loewer is aware of the complexity of cases where families have both domestic and criminal matters pending at the same time. His experience in both domestic and criminal courtrooms gives him perspective on the difficulties domestic and criminal attorneys face in advising their clients, victims and defendants alike, who are attempting to navigate both systems. He has presented CLEs in the areas of overlapping issues of family and criminal law, preliminary hearing practice, indirect contempt practice, magistrate jurisdiction, rules of evidence, parental restriction hearings, financial restitution, and attorney ethics. Judge Loewer is a graduate of and mentor for the Colorado Institute for Faculty Excellence—Judicial Education (COIFE-JE) and annually teaches at Advanced New Judge Orientation. He is a member of the Colorado Judicial Education Committee and coaches for the Colorado Judicial Peer-to-Peer Coaching Program. Judge Loewer attributes his interest in judging to his childhood hobby of competitive livestock and dairy judging. He grew up on a rice farm in southwest Louisiana.

 

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